In this second part of the series about the Arctic I am talking with Jennifer Hynes about methane release in the Arctic and the exponential way it is accelerating. The last episode No. 21 in November 2017 has been about the melting Arctic Sea ice, especially the volume had a record low in 2017. The melting leads to an increasing temperature of the water. The permafrost is thawing and the outgasing of huge methane deposits has begun.

Jennifer HynesWith Jennifer Hynes I have already talked about tipping points in the 8th episode in March 2016 and about a Blue Ocean Event one year ago.http://xwer.de/en/sag-002-tipping-points-climate-and-personalhttp://xwer.de/en/sag-008-blue-ocean-event

Since Jennifer has published two videos, Methane Monster 1 and 2, she is one of the Arctic and methane experts. It’s still highly recommended to watch these introductions to abrupt climate change.

Methane Monster II ~ Demise of the Arctic:https://jenniferhynes99.wordpress.com/methane-monster-ii-demise-of-the-arctic/

Methane Monster

In 2017 Nick Breeze has published an interview with Shakhova and Semiletov. This time he concentrated on the subsea permafrost on the Siberian Arctic shelf. While permafrost and gas-hydrates are melting on the sea bed, Gas migration paths building in degrading permafrost acts like a Champagne cork.

Subsea permafrost on East Siberian Arctic Shelf in accelerated declinehttp://envisionation.co.uk/index.php/nick-breeze/203-subsea-permafrost-on-east-siberian-arctic-shelf-now-in-accelerated-decline

One remarkable statement is:„Emissions that are occurring right now are the result of a combined effect of natural and anthropogenic warming and they will be accelerated until warming is turned to cooling. Even after it happens, there is no mechanism to stop permafrost disintegration in the ESAS...“

The Keeling Curve

2017: The Keeling Curve animationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEbE5fcnFVs&sns=em

Shownotes:http://xwer.de/fte23